---
title: 'The Model Husband (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Liebeneiner'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-model-husband-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029279/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Model Husband (1937)

1937 · 95 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Der Mustergatte

## Synopsis

The Model Husband is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach, and Hans Söhnker. It is based on a 1915 American play Fair and Warmer by Avery Hopwood. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Gülstorff and Hans Minzloff. The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it won an award. In the 1950s, it was remade twice: a 1956 West German film The Model Husband and a 1959 Swiss The Model Husband. The film was censored for youth by the Nazis.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann), [Jacob Geis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacob-geis), [Hans Albin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-albin)
- **Director:** [Wolfgang Liebeneiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-liebeneiner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Sommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-sommer)
- **Producer:** [Otto Ernst Lubitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-ernst-lubitz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Werner Bohne](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-bohne)
- **Editor:** [Gustav Lohse](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-lohse)

## Cast

- [Werner Fuetterer](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-fuetterer)
- [Heli Finkenzeller](https://cinepixo.com/people/heli-finkenzeller)
- [Leny Marenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/leny-marenbach)
- [Hans Söhnker](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-sohnker)
- [Werner Pledath](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-pledath)
- [Max Holzboer](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-holzboer)
- [Leopold von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-von-ledebur)
- [Hans Stiebner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-stiebner)
- [Angelo Ferrari](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-ferrari)
- [Antonie Jaeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonie-jaeckel)
- [Armin Schweizer](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-schweizer)
- [Ernst Legal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-legal)
- [Georg H. Schnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-h-schnell)
- [Erik von Loewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-von-loewis)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-model-husband-1937
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